Rumble!
Thunder rolled, seeming to drown out every sound in the room.
Hyuga Akira glanced at the shifting shadows, a meaningful smile on his face.
"So, do you want to avenge him?"
Crackle. The electric current sounded like a thousand birds chirping.
A figure burst out of the darkness. Kakashi's eyes were wide and bloodshot, Chidori gathered in his hand as he became a streak of blue light.
"Kakashi!!" Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
Hyuga Akira merely sidestepped the attack and caught Kakashi's wrist, lightning flashing incessantly.
His foot suddenly slammed into Kakashi's abdomen. He held nothing back with that kick.
"Urgh!" Kakashi spat out a mouthful of blood. With Hyuga Akira holding his wrist, he did not fly backward; instead, his entire body lifted into the air.
Only when the force coursing through his body dissipated did Hyuga Akira release his hand, letting Kakashi fall to the ground.
"You're too weak. As you are now, you aren't even qualified to face me."
Hyuga Akira crouched down and looked at the Sharingan in Kakashi's right eye. He pressed a finger against its pupil, making Kakashi shut his eye in pain.
"Go and properly explore the power of that eye."
"Hyuga Akira!" Hiruzen Sarutobi roared.
Hyuga Akira raised both hands innocently, looking at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a smile.
"I am Konoha's darkness. What can you do to me?"
"Achoo." At the Root Base, Danzo sneezed, looking puzzled. His health should have been quite good, so why had he suddenly sneezed?
A group of Root Shinobi knelt on one knee before him.
Danzo said, "Spread the news that Madara Uchiha is the mastermind behind Kirigakure."
"Yes!" the Root Shinobi answered in unison.
Then one Root Shinobi spoke up. "Lord Danzo, the Rain Ninja of